äventyr
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- an adventure (the encountering of risks)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse æfintýr derived from Middle Low German eventü̂r, eventü̂re derived from Middle French adventure (aventure).
Origin
Middle French
adventure
Gloss
aventure
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- eventyr Norwegian Bokmål
- eventyr Norwegian Nynorsk
- æfintýr Old Norse
- eventyr Danish
- eventyrer Danish
- eventyrlig Danish
- eventyrlysten Danish
- folkeeventyr Danish
- kunsteventyr Danish
- avanture Old French
- a(d)venture, adventure Middle French
- adventure Middle French
- eventü̂r, eventü̂re Middle Low German
- eventǖre, eventǖr(e) Middle Low German